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  1. BenMara

    Going Portable with KX3

    I have a bad habit of making dipoles fed with ladder line..
  2. BenMara

    LP100A Thoughts on this.

    $600 Kit $700 Assembled... Cross needles and a whole lot of digital displays... Why NOT...
  3. BenMara

    LP100A Thoughts on this.

    https://meterbuilder.com/ What this one?
  4. BenMara

    Going Portable with KX3

    I totally agree... but i just love resonant antennas Thats why i have a 20m vertical sota antenna that weight under 1.5 lbs, but i love lower bands..
  5. BenMara

    Going Portable with KX3

    So im going portable with my KX3, plan to purchase KXPA100 early next year. Currently have a 20m vertical sota antenna. Plan to make a 80m dipole fed with 450ohm to carry along. What balun ratio would i need? Some locals say 1:1, others say 9:1... What other odds and ends would you carry...
  6. BenMara

    Looking for a 2/70 vertical base antenna

    Done to Hand full of antennas Diamond F23H Hustler G7-144 This one still best candidate, only one i have exp with Cushcraft ARX2B Diamond F22A Diamond CP22E What do yall think?
  7. BenMara

    Antenna Tuner Questions

    Palstar AT4K 30:1 Impedance: matching range 20 Ohms to 1500 Ohms
  8. BenMara

    Looking for a 2/70 vertical base antenna

    The Ed Fong Jpole will out perform the Ground plane at equal heights.
  9. BenMara

    Looking for a 2/70 vertical base antenna

    Just in case i purchase a dual band down the line. But only have 2m in house currently.
  10. BenMara

    Looking for a 2/70 vertical base antenna

    75% Simplex 25% Repeaters But its been 50/50% lately..
  11. BenMara

    Looking for a 2/70 vertical base antenna

    Narrowed to Hustler G7-144 Had Previous Comet CX-33 Had Struct by Lighting Hustler G6-270R Comet GP-9 Cushcraft Ringo Ranger II Diamond G23H, X510NJ/X510HDM Diamond X700HNA $$$$
  12. BenMara

    Looking for a 2/70 vertical base antenna

    Im going to bump this topic back to the TOP. I ended up with a hand me down antenna. Comet Tri-Band CX-333 But it got struck by lighting... So im back on the market for another V/Uhf antenna again. The Force 12 Ruby-270s is not longer being produced by new Force 12 owners. What are your...
  13. BenMara

    80m Dipole problems

    So i removed my wire shelving and added a pool noodle where it enters the aluminum window frame. To my amazement it tuned 20m... Time to find new desk for radio equipment... But i am still looking into a more efficient balanced line tuner...
  14. BenMara

    80m Dipole problems

    Nope no need to complicate it even more..
  15. BenMara

    80m Dipole problems

    @543_Dallas Its the same length of LL. Will check that out @kopcicle ive seen that one before, its been years. but will check it out again
  16. BenMara

    80m Dipole problems

    in the vid it did tune 20m, but that was out on the front porch. Not in room where i operate. So odd problem is, it does NOT tune in the house, but DOES out side nothing different then location of operating the radio. I have not seen any plans for these balanced tuners when was researching...
  17. BenMara

    80m Dipole problems

    Got antenna to tune on 20m with Palstar AT4K Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
  18. BenMara

    Looking for a good 4o meter vertical

    www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/9510032.pdf
  19. BenMara

    80m Dipole problems

    So here is an update. Same 80m dipole 100' 450 ohm Plastar AT4K will tune only 80m and 40m. Dentron Tuner will tune 80m, 20m, 17m, 15m. Im going to take my Both Tuners, meters and radio to front porch and see if it has anything to do with where it enters the house. The saga continues... But...